It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Yes. It's October. And this year, I'm trying to own Halloween!

We have not one, but two spooky creator-owned debuts from yours truly, Night of the Slashers and Godfather of Hell, plus a brand new Batgirl story in DC's 2024 Halloween special and a gorgeous omnibus edition of my Vader's Castle Halloween minis. Plus, both Saber For Hire and Zombiotes have their finales!

What. A. Month!

WEDNESDAY 2nd OCTOBER

Night of the Slashers #1

Writer: Cavan Scott | Art: Paul Fry | Colours: Paul Fry | Letters: Shawn Lee | Cover art: Paul Fry

Hill Creek is a lovely place to visit… except the one night of the year its citizens transform into bloodthirsty maniacs! Of course, that’s the very night Lara’s bus breaks down, stranding the disillusioned teen and her classmates in the secluded town.

Secrets uncovered, terror at every turn—will anyone survive the night?

WEDNESDAY 2nd OCTOBER

DC's I Know What You Did Last Crisis #1

FEATURING MY BATGIRL STORY: WHAT KIND OF HERO?
Writer: Cavan Scott | Art: Ario Anindito | Colours: Carrie Strachan | Letters: Ariana Mahar| Cover art: Dan Hipp

EIGHT CHILLING TALES SET ACROSS THE MULTIVERSE!

In the blackest night, when the darkness feels infinite, the very fabric of the universe begins to tear... as every major crisis in DCU history rises once again! These eight chilling tales, set during the events of crises past, serve to warn you, dear reader: when in crisis, watch your back.

In the fractured world of Flashpoint, Professor Pyg is stalking Gotham City's nightclubs, sniffing out victims! During Blackest Night, Scarecrow lurks outside a movie theater, recruiting new test subjects to perfect his fear toxin! Even heroes like Nightwing aren't safe when his death might just have the power to reverse the damage of Infinite Crisis!

All these, plus new stories from Crisis on Infinite Earths, Millennium, Zero Hour, The Final Night, and Final Crisis are collected in DC's I Know What You Did Last Crisis, a deadly new horror anthology coming to haunt you this fall!

TUESDAY 8th OCTOBER

Star Wars: Vader's Castle the Deluxe Library Collection

Writer: Cavan Scott | Artist: Francesco Francavilla, Derek Charm, Megan Levens, Kelley Jones, Corin Howell, Robert Hack, Nicoletta Baldari, Nick Brockenshire, Charles Paul Wilson III | Colours: Charlie Kirchoff, Michelle Madsen, Valentina Pinto, Michael Devito | Letters: Robbie Robins, Tom B. Long, Andworld Design, Shawn Lee, Valeria Lopez | Cover Artist: Francesco Francavilla

Revisit the scariest place in the galaxy with this comprehensive collection!

Exhumed from the lava mines of Mustafar comes the complete legends of Darth Vader’s castle: a shadowy tower haunted by the dark side. Join Rebel Commander Lina Graff, Lieutenant Hudd, and their friends as they sneak through the citadel’s dank corridors in search of escape. Along the way they trade terrifying tales of Obi-Wan, Han, Chewie, the Ewoks, and other galactic heroes facing off against interstellar creeps: menacing Sith, soulless stormtroopers, possessed droids, alien witches, mutant monsters, and more! When Hudd falls into the clutches of Vanee, the castle’s creepy caretaker, he is treated to further spine-chilling stories of the galaxy’s most vile villains, including Darth Maul, Assajj Ventress, Jabba the Hutt, and Vader himself! Even after the band of rebels flee the fortress, they are pursued by nightmares of rampaging were-Wookiees, Dagobah swamp monsters, and other ghouls!

And for the first time, the Shadow of Vader’s Castle one-shot is collected here, in which the Mustafarian locals share their own hair-raising legends about the villainous stronghold.

Are you brave enough to set foot in the Sith Lord’s fortress of fear?

WEDNESDAY 9th OCTOBER

Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures -Saber for Hire #4

Writer: Cavan Scott | Pencils: Rachael Stott | Colours: Nicola Righi | Letters: Comicraft's Tyler Smith and Jummy Betancourt | Cover art: Rachael Stott

The epic miniseries comes to a shocking conclusion!

The identity of the sinister Child of the Storm revealed.

A past confronted and a sacrifice made as Ty Yorrick and her apprentice face their biggest challenge yet.

Ty’s life will never be the same!

WEDNESDAY 16th OCTOBER

Godfather of Hell #1

Writer: Cavan Scott | Art: Pius Bak | Raúl Angulo | Cover Art: Pius Bak

Dario Santini has lived a charmed life as an enforcer and debt collector for mob boss Niccol Mechini.

He’s had it all: respect, power, even the love of a good woman. But everything changes when he crosses a line and is shot dead on the sidewalk.

Waking up in Hell, Dario faces a future of pain and suffering unless he can turn eternal damnation into a business opportunity. 

WEDNESDAY 30th OCTOBER

Venom War: Zombiotes (2024) #3

Writer: Cavan Scott | Art: Juan Jose Ryp | Colours: Ceci De La Cruz | Letters: Travis Lanham | Cover Art: Juan Ferreyra

KEEP THEIR TEETH OFF YOUR FLESH!

The Venom War is making strange bedfellows as hero and villain alike have to fight off the menace of hungry zombiotes, eager to bite and spread onto all - living and dead! She-Hulk, Hellcat, Shocker and more are among those striving to stay alive…and unbonded!

Planning to pick up any of these titles? Have a question about them?

Then let me know in the comments section!